Professional Development Overview

The Guttman Professional Development (PD) framework is based on our assets as an institution, works in tandem with our student-centered model, and enacts a theory of change.

First, to build and transform our structures and culture for the better, we will cultivate relationships as colleagues, scholars, and people.
Second, we will collaborate constructively across disciplinary and other divisions to meet student needs.
Third, faculty and staff will embrace personal and professional growth as an expectation and a responsibility.

Vision for a Comprehensive Professional Development Framework

Guttman Community College will be known for its excellence in teaching and student services delivery. Excellence in our work will be undergirded by sustained and ongoing, high-quality professional development. The College will be known nationally for our embedded PD approach and will serve as a model for other institutions.

Theory of Change

Working in tandem with the student-centered Guttman model, the PD framework we elaborate is based on our assets as an institution, not the deficits, and enacts a theory of change. First, to build and transform our structures and culture for the better, we must cultivate relationships as colleagues, scholars, and people. Second, and related, we should commit to constructive collaboration across disciplinary and other divisions to meet student needs. Third, faculty and staff should understand personal and professional growth as an expectation and a responsibility.

For more, see the complete Executive Summary of “Professional Development: An Embedded Approach,” Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, November 27, 2018.

Thematic Priorities

Equity >

Equity

This is a thread that binds all of the identified areas.

Teaching Effectiveness >

Teaching Effectiveness

Neurodiversity, Experiential, Developmental Education, Embedded Remediation & ESL, Retake, FYE Assignment Design etc.

Leadership >

Leadership

Faculty and staff who are in leadership roles

Effective Student Support Delivery >

Effective Student Support Delivery

All staff

Professionalization of Faculty and Staff & Relevant Systems Training >

Professionalization of Faculty and Staff & Relevant Systems Training

How do we excel in our given roles?

Culture & Climate >

Culture & Climate

Setting high expectations, building confidence in students through formative assessments, preparing and orienting students for transfer

Emerging Topics* >

Emerging Topics*

Embedded Professional Development Cohorts

EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COHORTS

Cohort	Lead	Time Frame	Content
FYE LC Instructional Team	FYE Team Leaders	Year	Leads pull from a set of pedagogical topics and tools central to the Guttman model. They may prioritize 3-5 key elements to focus on during the semester and use those to guide PD and build skills in the team.
PoS LC Instructional Teams (TBD)	PoS Learning Circle Faculty	Year	Leads would identify key elements of PD to be incorporated into the LC, i.e. UR in the classroom for the STEM LC.
The Guttman Seminar for Part-Time Faculty	Faculty Lead	Semester/5X	Semester long seminar to share Guttman model and support pedagogical best practices.
Technology Learning Circles	Dean & Academic Technology Area Coordinator(s)	Semester	Semester-long seminar on ePortfolio and Blackboard.
Provost Fellows (TBD)	Provost Lead	Semester/Monthly	Monthly topics focused on a theme developed by the Provost. Faculty leaders and prospective leaders apply to participate.
Guttman Innovation Grants	Dean Lead	Year/Bi-Monthly Mtg & Share Event	Research on elements of the Guttman Model and support for faculty scholarship.
Global Learning in the Curriculum	Dean and Global Guttman Faculty Lead	Year/As Needed	Faculty who participate in GG trips globalize curriculum. Support for other faculty interested in globalizing the curriculum.
Experiential Learning	Dean and Experiential Learning Faculty Lead	Year/As Needed	Faculty interested in building experiential learning into their curriculum.
Course-Specific PD: Arts in the City, City Seminar, EOW	Course Coordinators, Assoc. Deans & Dean Lead	Year	Curriculum and pedagogies specific to this course.
Program PD	Program Coordinators	Assessment Day	Program assessment and closing the loop on the PPR action plans. Connection with the PoS Learning Circle.
Program, Course, and Area Coordinator Meetings	Dean and Assoc. Dean Lead	Year/Monthly Mtgs	Support for ongoing improvement of the PoS.
OER	Librarian Lead	Semester	Faculty interested in launching a zero cost course.
Hybrid Training	Dean and Academic Technology Lead	Semester	Faculty interested in launching hybrid course.

Support for Professional Growth

SUPPORT FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

Cohort	Lead	Time Frame	Content
New Faculty Seminar	Dean Lead	Year/Sum, Monthly Meetings	Ongoing exposure to Guttman faculty expectations and key offices and supports across the College.
RPT/ Mentoring	Dean & FPC Chair Lead	Year	Preparation for RPT processes.
SoTL & Article Support	Faculty Lead	12wk/6wk	Intensive support for faculty scholarship generally, and SoTL particularly.
Assessment Closing the Loop	Assessment Committee	Assessment Days	Ongoing support for carrying out assessment of student learning and student services delivery.

Required/Ongoing

REQUIRED/ONGOING

Cohort	Lead	Time Frame	Content
Required/ Ongoing PD	HR, Chief Diversity Officer, BIT Committee, Academic Technology, Public Safety	Variable Per Unit	Employee Onboarding, Workplace Violence, Sexual Harassment, BIT Protocol and other policies, Academic Technology Pedagogy, Academic Technology Training, Public Safety

Staff & Administration

STAFF & ADMINISTRATION

Cohort	Lead	Time Frame	Content
Emerging needs and job requirements	Unit leads	Variable per Unit	Offerings determined by data produce through SAGE and other assessments.
Talent Development	Human Resources	Variable	Ongoing training for support staff, mid-level, supervisory, and ECP staff.
Other	Unit Leads		Safe Zone, Equity and Implicit Bias, Et al.